Wednesday 18 September 2013
Paul Okoye proposes to his longtime girlfriend, Anita Isama
Tuesday 17 September 2013
Let’s forget the past, Mohammed Abacha pleads
Alhaji
Mohammed Abacha, the son of the late dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha, has
pleaded with Nigerians and the people of Kano State, to forget the past.
Mohammed was at the headquarters of the
Peoples Democratic Party in Abuja on Monday where he declared that he
had rejoined the party, which he left in 2010 for the Congress for
Progressive Change.
He was a staunch member of the defunct CPC in Kano State and aspired to be its governorship candidate.
Though he was said to have won the
primary, but the national leadership of the party, led by a former Head
of State, Gen. Muhammad’s Buhari (retd) said there was no way the party
would allow the son of the former head of state to flag the party’s flag
during the election.
When Mohammed was asked whether the role
played by his father in the politics of Nigeria was responsible for
what befell him in CPC, he resorted into preaching.
He said, “History is for yesterday.
Whatever has happened, happened yesterday. Yesterday belongs to history
and it is one of the things we have left behind.
“We must forget the past and move on. We need not to talk about it as if we can forget.”
It will be recalled that many Nigerians were either killed or imprisoned unjustly during the regime of the late general.
Some members of his family also looted
the national treasury, but the Federal Government was able to recover
some of the funds, majority of which was kept in foreign countries.
Mohammed is believed to be eyeing the governorship ticket of the PDP in 2015.
He, however, said he has yet to inform the Governor of the state, Alhaji Rabiu Kwakwanso about his return to the party.
But he said he had been given assurances
that things would work out well in the party, which he said he left due
to lack of internal democracy, during his second coming.
He said, “I did not consult the governor before returning to the party. Power belongs to God.
“We left the PDP in 2010 due to lack of
internal democracy but we have had so many experiences and have come to
realise that there is no other party that captures Nigeria, every tribe
and religion like the PDP.”
Asked if be party had promised to give him a waiver, Mohammed said it the issue of waiver was not discussed.
The PDP constitution says a returnee to
the party will have to wait for two years before he could be allowed to
contest using its platform, unless he is granted waiver by either the
National Working Committee of the party or its National Executive
Committee.
Gunman kills 12 and injures 15 at Washinton Navy Yard rampage
Aaron, from Fort Worth Texas, served in the U.S. Navy for almost four years before being kicked out in January 2011 for 'misconduct'. The motive for the killing has not been revealed though there are speculations that it could be connected to his dismissal from the U.S. Navy. RIP to those who lost their lives. Read the full story HERE
Obi to Spend N40B on MDGs, Pays 1.5 Billion Naira to Churches
Obi to Spend N40B on MDGs, Pays 1.5 Billion Naira to Churches to Rehabilitate returned secondary Schools
The Anambra State governor Peter Obi is to spend a whopping sum of 40
billion naira to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
The governor who stated this yesterday while handing over a cheque of
one billion four hundred and sixty million naira to churches for the
infrastructural development of primary schools in their care, said it
was in fulfillment of his earlier promise to invite stakeholders of the
state to meaningful events.
According to the governor, N5 billion
each would be spent on each of the eight MDGs in order to ensure a
secure future for the children of the state.
Cheered on by hundreds
of school teachers and schoolchildren at the Women’s Development Centre
Awka Obi announced plans by the government to employ an additional 4000
teachers in both primary and secondary schools while 2000 people would
be employed in the state civil service.
He also announced his
government’s decision to give every secondary school a brand new bus in
addition to those given to some schools before as well as providing 450
generating sets to every secondary school in the state including those
earlier given because of their population.
His largesse to schools
also include the provision of N1.2 million to every secondary school for
laboratory; provision of N.75 million to every secondary school for
their library and another one for sports development.
Gov Obi also
announced government’s decision to provide fire fighting trucks to all
the fire stations in the state spread across the three senatorial zones,
even as N1 billion had been made available for micro credit facilities.
He assured the people that money for the maintenance of the mission
schools had been secured and would run till the end of 2015, while the
salaries of the new staff to be recruited would be provided for the next
one year in order to assist the next government.
Obi however harped
on the importance of being succeeded by a worthy person in order to
continue with the strides already made by his government.
Speaking
earlier the commissioners for education and local government as well as
the chief of staff all recalled the strides of the present government in
the state which they said started with nothing but had succeeded in
turning around the state’s fortunes and making it a haven for investors.
The national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)
Chief Sir Victor Umeh extolled the governor’s prudent management of
resources which had given the state a new face.
He noted that Obi
was doing things people had hitherto thought impossible because of his
prudence and said it was the reason why he had fallen out with some
people who wanted the state’s lean resources to be shared among them
rather than the funds being deployed for public good like Obi was doing.
In his remarks the Anglican bishop of Aguata Bishop Christian Efobi
said the state was reaping the fruits of Obi’s focused, dynamic and
committed leadership anchored on the fear of God.
He described Obi
as the only Igbo man he had seen who had used public funds for public
good and prayed for the emergence of a worthy successor.
In his own
remarks the Catholic archbishop of Onitsha Arch Diocese, Arch Bishop
Valerian Okeke described Obi as a visionary leader, pointing out that
what the state needed at this time was someone who would be like Obi so
that the state could build on the foundation already laid in order to
make it a pace setter in the country.
Monday 16 September 2013
No Nigerian university makes world’s most influential list
Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth split, call off engagement
Miley, 20, and Liam, 23, got engaged in May 2012 after dating for over two years. Liam moved in with Miley shortly after the engagement but is said to be in the process of moving out of her LA home.
Miley over the weekend unfollowed her former fiance on Twitter as photos emerged of him with Mexican actress Eiza Gonzalez partying it up in Las Vegas after the Mayweather fight. (right photo)
Late prophet Ajanaku's wife moves to rented apartment as his family fight over his assets
Joy and Ireti Ajanaku lived together for 7 years before finally formalizing their union with a court wedding in 2010 but the family insist that the wedding never took place...and want her removed as the man's next of kin. Family members are now fighting over his assets said to be worth millions of Naira.
Despite having issue's her late husband's family, Joy Ajanaku is on great terms with members of the church her husband left behind. The ministry's board agreed to install her as their new leader and said the late prophet anointed her as the chosen one before his death. They also said they have a wedding certificate to prove that she was truly married to their late spiritual leader. Joy and some members of the church are getting ready to take late Ajanaku's family to court over his estate
A fun evening with Miss Russia, Miss Kenya and Miss Ghana in Lagos
Some of Nigeria’s leading
celebrities came together yesterday, Sunday, September 15, 2013 to support the Exquisite
Face of the World 2013 launch in Nigeria which will have over 50 beauty queens
from across the globe converge in Lagos for the pageant. The event, which held at the
Radisson Blu Hotel in Victoria Island, Lagos, had past beauty queens, Miss
Kenya, Miss Russia and Miss Ghana in attendance as well as Ethel Okosun, former
Miss Earth, 2005 and daughter of late musician, Sunny Okosun who is the
Nigerian Project Director for the pageant.
Couple Finds 2,000-Year-Old Archaeological Treasures Under Their House
When Miriam and Theo Siebenberg purchased a plot of land for their
new home in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City that Israel had
just a few years before captured from Jordan, they had no idea of the
antiquity treasures dating back from Jesus' time and before that lay
underneath.
Before the Siebenbergs built their house in a neighborhood where archaeological finds were regularly cropping up, Israeli Department of Antiquities inspectors examined the site, but found nothing of historical significance that would have stopped construction.
"I went over one day and asked the archaeologists if they had checked the area where my house was," Theo Siebenberg told the New York Times in 1985. "They said they had and that they were sure nothing was there."
But to Siebenberg, that answer didn't seem right.
"I would stand here and picture myself in the Second Temple Period. The temple was just over there," he told the Times, pointing to the nearby Western Wall, the most holy site in Judaism. "Why wouldn't Jews have built here then? Every inch of land near the Temple must have been very valuable."
So he took matters into his own hands. He approached the engineers who had built his new house, asking if he and his wife could conduct an archaeological dig underneath. They told him that if an excavation upset the stability of the land, it could cause the neighborhood to slide down the hill.
Still, he didn't give up.
Engineers came up with a pricey plan to construct a restraining wall held down by steel anchors which would secure his neighbors' homes. A wealthy man, Siebenberg was able to fund the project independently, according to media accounts 30 years ago, and to guarantee his neighbors that he would pay for any damage the dig might inflict on their homes.
So the wall was built and the Siebenbergs were able to embark on their treasure hunt. They hired a team of architects, engineers, archaeologists, laborers and even donkeys to bring the rubble up from down below.
It was only after eight months of digging that they found their first artifact, a bronze key ring from the era of the Second Temple which may have been used as a key to a jewelry box.
Soon after, they came across an abundance of ancient archaeological treasures. Among them: the wall of a 2,000-year-old home, two mikvehs (Jewish ritual baths), arrowheads possibly used by Jews defending themselves from the Romans, a Byzantine water cistern, an ivory pen and an ink well. Encouraged by their finds, they dug further. Sixty feet below, they found empty burial chambers believed to be at least 2,600 years old, dated to the First Temple.
"The Siebenberg excavation is not only a monument to determination and plain bull-headedness, but an engineering and structural marvel," wrote Biblical Archaeology Review in a 1982 article about the project.
After digging for 18 years, they converted the lower levels of their house to a museum where visitors can view the ancient treasures and descend into the excavation to feel what it was like to dig into ancient history.
For Theo, the project was motivated by his personal quest to find his roots. At age 13, he was forced to flee Belgium to escape the Nazis. After moving around Europe and eventually to the U.S., he felt he was missing a connection with Jewish history. His wife Miriam tells TheBlaze that he dedicated his life to finding a true home he felt he had lost in Europe.
The project "was motivated by wanting to find his roots. My husband was born in Antwerp. He felt like a boy without a home. He was searching for a spiritual home," Miriam says.
"All of the investment and the dedication and effort were aimed at finding the home he was looking for his whole life. That was the idea, finding the historical continuity," she adds.
The Siebenbergs decided to one day donate the museum and its contents to the Israeli public. They have set up a non-profit organization for that purpose.
You can view many more photos of the museum and collection on their Facebook Page.
Before the Siebenbergs built their house in a neighborhood where archaeological finds were regularly cropping up, Israeli Department of Antiquities inspectors examined the site, but found nothing of historical significance that would have stopped construction.
In 1970, they moved into the new home and were soon to discover how wrong the inspectors had been.
At the time, archaeologists from the Hebrew University were excavating all around the Jewish Quarter."I went over one day and asked the archaeologists if they had checked the area where my house was," Theo Siebenberg told the New York Times in 1985. "They said they had and that they were sure nothing was there."
But to Siebenberg, that answer didn't seem right.
"I would stand here and picture myself in the Second Temple Period. The temple was just over there," he told the Times, pointing to the nearby Western Wall, the most holy site in Judaism. "Why wouldn't Jews have built here then? Every inch of land near the Temple must have been very valuable."
So he took matters into his own hands. He approached the engineers who had built his new house, asking if he and his wife could conduct an archaeological dig underneath. They told him that if an excavation upset the stability of the land, it could cause the neighborhood to slide down the hill.
Still, he didn't give up.
Engineers came up with a pricey plan to construct a restraining wall held down by steel anchors which would secure his neighbors' homes. A wealthy man, Siebenberg was able to fund the project independently, according to media accounts 30 years ago, and to guarantee his neighbors that he would pay for any damage the dig might inflict on their homes.
So the wall was built and the Siebenbergs were able to embark on their treasure hunt. They hired a team of architects, engineers, archaeologists, laborers and even donkeys to bring the rubble up from down below.
It was only after eight months of digging that they found their first artifact, a bronze key ring from the era of the Second Temple which may have been used as a key to a jewelry box.
Soon after, they came across an abundance of ancient archaeological treasures. Among them: the wall of a 2,000-year-old home, two mikvehs (Jewish ritual baths), arrowheads possibly used by Jews defending themselves from the Romans, a Byzantine water cistern, an ivory pen and an ink well. Encouraged by their finds, they dug further. Sixty feet below, they found empty burial chambers believed to be at least 2,600 years old, dated to the First Temple.
"The Siebenberg excavation is not only a monument to determination and plain bull-headedness, but an engineering and structural marvel," wrote Biblical Archaeology Review in a 1982 article about the project.
After digging for 18 years, they converted the lower levels of their house to a museum where visitors can view the ancient treasures and descend into the excavation to feel what it was like to dig into ancient history.
For Theo, the project was motivated by his personal quest to find his roots. At age 13, he was forced to flee Belgium to escape the Nazis. After moving around Europe and eventually to the U.S., he felt he was missing a connection with Jewish history. His wife Miriam tells TheBlaze that he dedicated his life to finding a true home he felt he had lost in Europe.
The project "was motivated by wanting to find his roots. My husband was born in Antwerp. He felt like a boy without a home. He was searching for a spiritual home," Miriam says.
"All of the investment and the dedication and effort were aimed at finding the home he was looking for his whole life. That was the idea, finding the historical continuity," she adds.
The Siebenbergs decided to one day donate the museum and its contents to the Israeli public. They have set up a non-profit organization for that purpose.
You can view many more photos of the museum and collection on their Facebook Page.
15 year old Jaden Smith thinks school is dumb
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